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P.O. Box 437 Clyde, Ohio 43410 Mailing address ● 419-602-0475 ●
Margaret G. Sullivan
ObjectiveTo use my skills as an advanced nurse practice nurse to help patients live to healthiest life
possible by educating them on the benefit of a healthy diet, regular exercise and a healthy
lifestyle.
SummaryRecently, I found myself working multiple jobs, performing many tasks in the emergency room, urgent care, retail clinic and family practice. I would like to slow down and specialize in one area.I am a conscientious, integrity driven, nursing professional with a strong clinical background in emergency medicine and urgent care, including retail clinics, providing attentive care to patients with a variety of systemic health challenges. I have exceptional wound care knowledge and skill and a thorough understanding of the pathophysiology and pharmacology of both the critically ill and not so critically ill and mainly, I know the difference. I feel I am highly efficient in contributing to the solutions of the organizations I work for, I work well with the team, I generate a positive atmosphere, I work well under pressure and I produce high quality work. I am proficient in computer charting, suturing, incision and drainage, removing toenails, draining subungual hematomas, calming the stressed and worried patients and their families. I have always exhibited leadership abilities and qualities. I have been a preceptor to both new employees and students in my career many times. I have worked in skilled care, nursing homes, emergency medicine, labor, delivery, post-partum, neonatal intensive care units, wound care, medical surgical wings, intensive care units, office nursing, retail clinics, urgent care, the health department, college classrooms as an educator, and in family practice.
Skills and AccomplishmentsCertified by ANCC in Inpatient Obstetrics 1998
After working in an LDRP unit for approximately 2 years, I sat for the certification and passed and became an RNC in obstetrics.
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant 2006
As a Lactation Consultant, I was very instrumental in starting and maintaining our successful lactation program at both LDRP where I worked in Sandusky at Providence Hospital then at Baypark Hospital where I was hired as one of the inaugural staff members.
Other Skills and AccomplishmentsCertified Childbirth Educator 2006Neonatal Life Support 1996Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2008-December, 2017Employee of the Month on several occasions at Providence Hospital for exceptional patient care and compliments.
Professional Experience2009 — 2013 Takecare Health Lorain, Ohio
, [State]
Clinical ManagerProvide care to patients in a retail setting to the population in the Cleveland area. Care includes diagnosing, prescribing, education, providing care for cure of acute illnesses, education on chronic illnesses, immunization, and screening for chronic illness, and providing physicals to our young athletes and older job seekers. I began as a PRN practitioner in 2009, hired fulltime in 10-11 and promoted to clinical coordinator in 12-2011. With this promotion, I became responsible for maintaining the busiest clinic in the Cleveland Market. We have stayed very close or under budget every month I have been in charge. My duties include ordering supplies, updating manuals in clinic, scheduling, keeping checklists, and recently, preparing our clinic for the JACHO surveyors. I have also been very flexible in traveling to outlying clinics as far as 2 hours from my home to assist with staffing and keeping our clinics open to serve the underserved and under insured as well as the insured populations around the Cleveland Area. I have traveled many times to Barberton, Solon and even once to Cuyahoga Falls to work. My HEDIS scores, patient engagement survey percentages are excellent, in the top percentage, especially in the Cleveland Market. Since I have become clinical coordinator, the budget has looked great even though we are the busiest clinic in Cleveland; we have managed to see more patients than anyone else, yet watching our budget closely to stay within the guidelines. While I was manager. Our clinic was the only clinic which was profitable. Patient compliments have increased with fewer complaints here in Lorain thanks to our marvelous staff. I have I am very flexible and dependable. I consider myself a real team player. I have had marvelous mentors and have met great people I am proud to call friends.
I was then promoted to manager and started a brand new clinic, interviewed and hired staff, and opened the new clinic with great employees and success in Avon Lake. We set up the clinic, ordered, arranged, put away and became acquainted with our new staff in Avon Lake. They became very busy and successful. This was all done while still maintaining the busiest clinic in the Cleveland area. We had a great team.
2006 — May 2016 Tiffin Mercy HospitalTiffin
, Ohio
The First Emergency Department Nurse Practioners Hired by Tiffin Mercy EDAssessing, diagnosing and treating both all ages from the simplest problems to the most complex diagnoses in the emergency room setting. I was the first NP hired there ever, so I had a huge responsibility to my profession as well as my patients. I have worked full-time, part-time and PRN and at times, I was in charge of scheduling of a staff of 5 nurse practitioners. I worked closely with the physicians in caring for these patients with both physical and many times mental problems. I had to call primary physicians and also arrange follow up for those who had no primary care physicians’. Many times I had to transfer patients to other facilities and speak with specialist at the receiving hospital for them to accept care. I also worked closely with social services to arrange home care, wound care and even physical therapy and outpatient IV therapy. Sometimes I had to work with the health department to arrange follow up for rabies treatment and discuss cases with poison control. I managed IV therapy for hydration, ordered labs, tests, x-rays, CT scans, medications, crutches, walkers and home care. I had to work with hospitalist to arrange hospital admissions for some patients and had to decide who could safely be discharged and who should stay. I sutured, splinted, and removed foreign bodies, toenails, prescribed medication and educated patients and their families. It is a learning experience I wouldn’t have given up for the world. I had the privilege of working with 30 year experienced ER trained physicians and what they taught me, I could never have learned from a book or in any other setting. While working always at Tiffin Mercy Hospital, I had several actual employers. The physicians and nurse practitioners were sub-contracted by the hospital. I worked for EmCare most recently. I also was employed by MEDS, and Sterling.Mercy did hire a nurse practitioner and EmCare lost their contract May 2016. I had actually sent a letter of resignation in August 2015, but because I was never officially replaced, I continued working for EmCare until they lost their contract. I had 300 hours of residency to do the summer of 2016 where I completed at Tiffin Cancer Center and North Coast Cancer Center where I am working on my doctorate. My mother was extremely ill this past summer and died August 26, 2016. I had planned to take care of her and not put her in a nursing home, so I did do some locum tenem work over the summer for Bartson Recruiting, but admit I have not been aggressive in seeking new employment because of the uncertainty of my mother. I do still have 100 residency hours to complete but that should be easily managed and should not interfere with employment.
2006 — present Northern Ohio Medical
Specialist (NOMS)Sandusky
, Ohio
Nurse practitioner at Cedar Point employee clinic, at Dr. Baxter’s Family Practice, Dr. Bower and Holman’s Family Practice, Erie County Health Department and at the Urgent CareI was responsible for assessing diagnosing , treating many chronic illnesses in family practice such as chronic pain, Diabetes, Hypertension, headaches, depression, Anxiety as well as the acute problems such as strep, ankle sprains, splinting, suturing, counseling and educating patients at Cedar Point and the Urgent Care. I have also worked with Dr. Tesmond who does occupational medicine for NOMS. While I worked at the Erie County Health Department for 1 year while they found someone to take the position, I worked with the homeless, underserved and insured as well as the insured. We did the basic things that are done in family practice and the urgent care, but I worked closely with the social worker because we had so many psycho-social needs that aren’t found in other settings. I have never officially been terminated by NOMS, but I have not worked directly for NOMS in more than 3 years.
2005 — 2006 EHOVE Milan
, Ohio
Nursing InstructorMy responsibilities included preparing class plans to instruct LPNS in both the classroom and at clinical. I had to make class plans, grade papers, arrange clinical assignments and grade all kinds of reports, exams and homework. I worked in the labs teaching students how to transfer patients, start IV’s, insert Foleys, remove Foleys, wound care, dressing changes, sterile dressings, making beds and everything that is involved with nursing school. I was also honored when I put in my resignation, to be their class graduation special speaker.
EMPLOYMENTNursing Instructor Lorain Community College 2004-2007
My responsibilities included preparing clinical assignments and teaching student as they worked at their daily tasks of caring for new moms and babies in post partum. I had to arrange clinical assignments and grade all kinds of reports, and homework. Lorain taught RN students so we were allowed more privileges than the LPN’s and in clinical, we could actually assist with the laboring patients in starting IV’s, hanging IV meds and giving IV as well as PO meds, we could chart, do wound care as well as assess the newborns an assist in their testing and daily care. I worked in the labs teaching students how to transfer patients, start IV’s, insert Foleys, remove Foleys, wound care, dressing changes, sterile dressings, making beds and everything that is involved with nursing school. Bellevue Hospital 2005– 2008LDRP-Labor, Delivery, Post-partum and Nursery as an RN
My main responsibilities included managing patients who were either in-patient or short stays to rule out labor, hydrate patients, do fetal non-stress tests, manage laboring patients, assist in C-sections, manage recovering post op patients, manage post-partum patients, manage new born babies, assist lactating mothers, education to moms and their families, starting IV’s, IV medications, managing Pitocin, computer and paper charting., working closely with other staff and obstetrician and pediatricians, transferring babies and moms when necessary. Close communication with physicians when managing a laboring patient, recovering mother and newborns.
Fremont Memorial Hospital 2005-2006 2005 PRN Labor , Delivery and Emergency Medicine as an RN – My responsibilities were basically the same at Fremont as they were at Bellevue Hospital. In the emergency room where I also worked PRN, we started IV’s , administered IV medication, cared for the suicidal, intoxicated, acutely and chronically ill patients who either had new problems or exacerbations of chronic problems, We managed heart attacks, strokes, traumas as well as simple sore throats and ear infections. We assisted with pap and pelvic exams, obtained blood cultures, drew blood, put in NG tubes, did computer charting, set up sterile trays, wound care, communicated with physicians, and offered support to patients and their families in their time of crisis.
Baypark Hospital LDRP 2001-2005
These responsibilities and duties were similar to Bellevue and Fremont LDRP hospital responsibilities, but here I was also in charge, so I had administrative duties as well. I planned the staff schedule, ensured all the shifts were filled, solved any immediate problems as I worked 0300-1500 so the rest of the administrative staff was not there to help. We managed laboring patients, I actually delivered several babies when the doctor didn’t quite make it for one reason another, took care of recovering and post-partum moms, worked in the nursery at a level II NICU where we had to do NG feeding, did all the necessary newborn testing such as the hearing screening test, metabolic screening tests, started IV’s, ensured there warmth, assisted with circumcisions and closely assess these preterm infants. We worked closely with the surgeons and neonatologists. I also worked as a scrub, circulator and first assist in our operating room on the floor specifically designed for planned and emergency C-sections. It was our responsibility to make sure the room was always ready and to assist at a moment’s notice in a C-section which we fully staffed. There was no need to ever call anyone in; The team was already, always there. We also worked the other side of the unit, which was exclusively pediatrics. We managed IV’s , started IV’s and managed IV medications, I worked as a childbirth educator and lactation consultant and was actually one of the original staff at this brand new facility built just as Providence Hospital was being closed for good. This is where I worked prior to this job.
Providence Hospital 1996-2001 These responsibilities and duties were similar to Bellevue and Fremont LDRP hospital responsibilities, but here I was the charge nurse, so I was responsible for the schedule, and the assignments and the problems as they arose. I was a great problem solver. We managed laboring patients, I actually delivered several babies when the doctor didn’t quite make it for one reason r another, took care of recovering and post-partum moms, worked in the nursery at a level II NICU where we had to do NG feeding, did all the necessary newborn testing such as the hearing screening test, metabolic screening tests, started IV’s, ensured there warmth, assisted with circumcisions and closely assess these preterm infants. We worked closely with the surgeons and neonatologists. I also worked as a scrub, circulator and first assist in our operating room on the floor specifically designed for planned and emergency C-sections. It was our responsibility to make sure the room was always ready and to assist at a moment’s notice in a C-section which we fully staffed. There was no need to ever call anyone in, The team was already, always there. We also worked the other side of the unit, which was exclusively pediatrics. We
managed IV’s , started IV’s and managed IV medications,
Countryside Continuing Care Long Term and Skilled Nursing 1996-2000
I worked here as both a supervisor and a wound care and staff RN. I was responsible for the nursing staff, as well as the resident as a supervisor and as a staff nurse, I worked passing medications, ensuring their skilled care was being done, doing charting and daily assessments on all residents. We were responsible for starting and maintaining IV’s, and hanging IV piggybacks. We did wound care and notified physicians and transferred patients to the hospital as necessary. I also worked as a wound care nurse here where I was responsible e for every wound in the building. I assessed, measured, did dressing changes, initiated wound care and other treatment ordered by physicians. It was a wonderful experience.
Office RN 1995-2005 PRN
Office Nurse– Performed excellent nursing services for this group of physicians at Northwest Primary Care where I worked for both a primary care physician and an internal medicine doctors. I assisted with pelvic exams, wound care and suturing, suture and staple removal, incision and drainage of abscesses, vitals, heights, weights, and basic office procedure. My responsibility included for triaging phone calls, completing histories, patient assessments, assisting physician with office procedures, measuring babies growth, doing call backs for labs, x-ray results and other diagnostic testing, we sent t certified letters if unable to contact patients, maintaining physicians equipment, blood draws and review of lab work, patient/family education, and emotional support. Administrative duties included scheduling surgeries, paperwork, developing, and correspondence for patient education and instructions. Quickly established and maintained ongoing relationships with patients and their families.
Office Nurse– 1997-1998
Performed excellent nursing services for this group of physicians at Bellevue Professional Services where I worked for both a primary care physician and an OB/GYN. Initially I worked the office work and the clinical work until they hired additional help. I assisted with colposcopies, pelvic exams, wound care and suturing, suture and staple removal and basic office procedure and vitals. Primary responsibility was for OB/GYN patients. Responsibility for triaging phone calls, completing histories, patient assessments, assisting physician with office procedures, measuring fetal growth and non-stress testing, hospital certification with insurance companies, maintaining physicians equipment, blood draws and review of lab work, patient/family education, and emotional support. Administrative duties included scheduling surgeries, paperwork, developing, and correspondence for patient education and instructions. Quickly established and maintained ongoing relationships with patients and their families. This was a new practice where I also had to travel to another office and make sure I took the necessary supplies with him as the other office was not always used by us or set up for the GYN practice. It was a great job and I learned so much about relationships, office work, insurance and organizational skills.
Office Nurse Dr. Mauric – 1997 PRN
Performed excellent nursing services for this physician at his private office where I worked for him and at that time, he did both OB/GYN and family practice. , pelvic exams, wound care and suturing, suture and staple removal and basic office procedure and vitals. Responsibility for triaging phone calls, completing histories, patient assessments, assisting physician with office procedures, measuring fetal growth and non-stress testing, hospital certification with insurance companies, maintaining physicians equipment, blood draws and review of lab work, patient/family education, and emotional support. Administrative duties included scheduling surgeries, paperwork, developing, and correspondence for patient education and instructions. Quickly established and maintained ongoing relationships with patients and their families.
Past employment in insurance and real estate sales from approximately 1978 through 1988.
I have also run a landscape and nursery with my husband Brian. We began it from scratch. Bought the property, converted the old farm into a nursery and remodeled the barn into a store. We have owned it since 2001. We worked so hard landscaping, painting, cleaning, watering, fertilizing, planting and trimming. It is a great life. Outdoors, sunshine and rain, sweat and tears, but somehow, we have managed. Brian lost his Dad at age 6, and his mother was
a poor widow her whole life. My mother is still living at 79, and my father dies at age 57, so we have not had anyone to fall back, no financial help from anyone, except God. Times were tough, believe me when I tell you, times have been tough. But by the grace of God, we have made it so far.
I have also owned a cleaning business for myself. I had children and needed a way to complete nursing school and still earn a living while being a good mother who was able to attend her children’s school functions without missing their life. So I cleaned houses, went to school and by the grace of God, got through school before I began my nursing career.
Other things I have done was work as a nurse’s aide, long before there was schooling required. I washed clothes, washed out adult diapers, mopped the floor, cooked the food, did the dishes and took care of the 15 residents that lived in the old house which was converted into a nursing home many, many years ago. I worked very hard, had no lifts, I was the lift and the LPN I usually worked with was very kind to me, but had a hard time breathing and moving, so I never tried to bother her for anything if I could help it. We got along just fine. I was fast, efficient and hardworking and did this all for $2.00/hour and some change. The Bible says work as unto the Lord. With every job I have ever had, I always knew God was my real boss, so I worked hard, arrived on time, left on time or as early as possible, showed up for work when I was scheduled, did not call off work and was present in the moment, not on the phone, or wasting time.
I also worked at Cedar Point one summer in a gift shop.
Education
Degrees2004 — 2006 Medical University of Ohio Toledo
, Ohio
Master’s Degree in Nursing Science
Masters Degree, 2006Bachelors Degree Nursing Science Bowling Green State University, 2004Associate Degree Nursing Science, 1996Associates Degree of Science Terra Community College, 1992
Certifications2004 - 2006 Medical University Of Ohio Toledo
, Ohio
Family Nurse Practitioner; ACLS expired 4-2018; BLS expires 12/18; PALS expires
12/18; CPT 2017, AANC expires August 2021, AANP expires August, 2021
Professional and Community MembershipsSigma Theta TauMember AANP
Member OAAPN
Publications
Pain in Neonates (June 2006),
ReferencesMichael Fitzpatrick [email protected] Director Emergency Medicine Tiffin Mercy
Hospital, 45 St. Lawrence Drive, Tiffin, Ohio 44883 419-455-8160
Janet Ballard MSN, 3461 Hartland Center Rd, Collins, OH 44826 phone 419-541-1215 cell
Bridgette Murphey MSN, [email protected]
Roberta (BJ) Myers CNP, [email protected]. [email protected] 567-301-7879
Dianne Solis CNP, [email protected],
Judy Dawson CNP, 440-864-7601, [email protected].
Brett Might CNP, Tiffin Mercy Hospital 419-618-9428 [email protected]
Marla Gerrek CNP, 440-787-3717, [email protected]
Feel free to contact any of my references.
Thank you.
